Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has run since 1 October 1975 with over five hundred episodes made, directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff and Vikram Jayanti. Arena's subjects are a roll-call of the world's best known cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, from singers Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse to academics Edward Said and Eric Hobsbawm, from writers Jean Genet and V S Naipaul to artists Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The current series editor is Anthony Wall.
Showing Season 3 of 45
Season 3
1977
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01. Edinburgh Festival
1977-09-07
Features the 1977 Edinburgh International Festival with a new production of Carmen, the experimental shows, Film Festival, Television Festival, and art galleries.
02. Cinema
1977-09-14
with Gavin Millar returns for a new season after a visit to Hollywood, which despite rumours of slump and panic is still the unquestioned capital of the cinema world. We talked to one of its ruling princes, John Franken heimer, director of The Manchurian Candidate and Grand Prix, about his career in the Dream Factory, and especially his latest suspense thriller Black Sunday.
03. Cinema
1977-09-21
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04. Art and Design
1977-09-28
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05. Cinema
1977-10-05
Diane Keaton and Woody Allen talk about the filming of 'Annie Hall' and their long friendship.
06. Theatre
1977-10-12
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07. Cinema: Greece
1977-10-19
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08. Art and Design: Richard Seifert
1977-10-26
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09. Cinema
1977-11-02
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10. Theatre: Hands Off the Classics
1977-11-09
In the 17th century Troilus and Cressida was censored and in the 18th century Tate gave King Lear a happy ending. The programme debates the line between interpretation and vandalism.
11. Cinema: 21st London Film Festival
1977-11-16
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12. Art and Design: The Family/Wrapping up the Reichstag
1977-11-23
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13. Cinema: 21st London Film Festival - Part 2
1977-11-30
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14. Theatre: Leonard Rossiter
1977-12-07
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15. Cinema: The Deep
1977-12-14
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16. Cinema: The Force is with us?
1978-01-11
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17. Art and Design: 'The Journey' or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist
1978-01-18
George Melly explores his lifelong relationship with surrealism in all its forms and prominent personalities; Henry Moore discusses Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings.
18. Cinema: The Force is with us? - Part 2/Howard Hawks
1978-01-25
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19. Theatre: ' But please, this is a farce! ' The story of The Cherry Orchard
1978-02-01
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20. Cinema: Joseph Conrad
1978-02-08
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21. Art and Design: Carrington
1978-02-15
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22. Cinema: Claude Renoir
1978-02-22
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23. Theatre: Hey Kids! Let's Do the Show Right Here ...
1978-03-01
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24. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1978-03-08
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25. Art and Design: Carl Andre
1978-03-15
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26. Cinema: Dancing Years
1978-03-22
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27. Theatre: Taking Our Time
1978-03-29
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28. Art and Design: Way Out West
1978-04-05
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29. Theatre: Children of the Gods
1978-04-12
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30. Television: When Is A Play Not A Play?
1978-04-17
A tribute to the British filmmaker Alan Clarke (1935-1990).
31. Art and Design: George Melly
1978-05-03
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32. Theatre: Arnold Wesker
1978-05-10
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33. Rock: Tubes on Tour
1978-05-24
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